Dr. Joseph Li is an Adjunct Associate Professor for the Boston University School of Medicine in General Internal Medicine Division. Dr. Li is also an Associate Professor of Medicine with Harvard Medical School and Section Chief in Hospital Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He was a co-developer of the first Harvard Medical School CME course on the emerging role of hospital medicine and was the co-founder of the Boston Area Hospitalists and the SHM Northeast Regional Chapter of hospitalists. Hospitalists are physicians whose primary focus is the care of hospitalized patients. Dr. Li is recognized for his efforts in helping to champion a model of inpatient care that offers the highest possible quality and for expanding the role of hospitalists in the Boston area. Li earned his M.D. from the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, in 1994. He completed his residency at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston before becoming chief medical resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He is a nationally recognized expert in hospital medicine and lectures extensively.